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October 2019

Hello fellow members of SAAABE! I am sending you three great news items for your reading and listening pleasure. SAAABE has been working hard for you and our students.
Gracias.    Rosa Zapata, SAAABE Member
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Dual Language education in Bexar County in the Express-News -                 September 22, 2019

Dr. Claudia Trevino Garcia comments “ It is a great article! It really raises the level of awareness about SA's districts' level of commitment to DLE in our city and how the city as a whole will benefit from this.”
This story shared by Jackie Christenson, SAAABE Member
Use this link to get the whole story
As dual language programs soar in San Antonio schools, growing pains ensue
https://www.expressnews.com/news/education/article/doubling-down-dual-language-programs-in-San-Antoni-14434903.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=share-by-email&utm_medium=email
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Dual Language Interview on TPR “The Source”

Did you all hear the great interview on TPR "The Source” today? You can hear it on this link. Great job, Claudia Trevino Garcia and Hugo Hernandez and reporter Alia Malik

Link: https://www.tpr.org/post/san-antonio-schools-face-high-demand-dual-language-learning

This talk references the report below.
San Antonio Schools Face High Demand For Dual-Language Learning
By KIM JOHNSON & DALLAS WILLIAMS • OCT 2, 2019

Guests:
Alia Malik, education reporter for the San Antonio Express-News
Claudia Treviño Garcia, assistant professor in practice in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Texas at San Antonio, secretary of the San Antonio Area Association for Bilingual Education (SAABE) and former bilingual programs coordinator for East Central ISD
Hugo Hernandez, president of the    SAAABE saaabeoftexas.com and treasurer for the Texas Association for Bilingual Education
The Source" is a live call-in program airing Mondays through Thursdays from 12-1 p.m. Leave a message before the program at (210) 615-8982. During the live show, call 210-614-8980, email thesource@tpr.org or tweet @TPRSource.
*This interview was recorded on Thursday, October 3.

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National Chicano Student Walkouts Conference
University of Texas - San Antonio Downtown Campus
Our Lady of the Lake University
November 20-23, 2019

Dear Mexican American Studies educator and advocate
The National Chicano Students Walkout Conference invites students from elementary, middle and high schools to create exhibits in writing and through all art modes and media acknowledging the courageous actions of students fifty years ago. This is an opportunity to have students interpret those actions and also relate them to the context and conditions students experience today. Teachers can use this theme to connect to happenings that have been important in the history of Mexican Americans and also encourage students to explore issues of justice and equity. Student products will be exhibited on walls and in exhibit areas. The language arts, social studies, media and fine arts TEKS, as currently identified by MAS teachers, legitimize these activities in the classroom in elementary through secondary instruction.
Some Information about the walkouts is attached. More will be sent out in August.
Brief narrative: The Chicano movement of the 60s and 70s was energized and in key ways represented by the public-school walkouts by students. Some received national attention: Edcouch Elsa, Edgewood, Crystal City while others received minimal local interest from the media. All the protests spotlighted the injustices and inequities in the schools. Students and families marched to proclaim that these institutions that were so important to the economic and social future of La Raza were racist and segregated. From low expectations of students to the forbidding of the use of Spanish, the list of grievances was very similar from the gulf coast of south Texas to the schools in East LA. All the southwestern states experienced the walkouts, marches and other public forms of protest. The National Chicano Students Walkout Conference has created a student project that will involve elementary and secondary students. With the assistance and encouragement of teachers and other mentors the conference is inviting works of art in all forms: written, painted, composed, recorded and videotaped. To assist teachers in developing some lessons to introduce the walkouts of 50 years ago, a compilation of print media and online links to resources is attached. The resources will increase as the current research continues and will be available on the conference site. https://chicanohistorytx.org/
Contact Aurelio Montemayor, member of the conference coordination team, for more information. Aurelio.montemayor@idra.org

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Let us know how your schools are doing so that we can send your accomplishments out to our membership.

Gracias, Rosa Zapata
SAAABE Member
210-421-3986
rbzap3@gmail.com

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SAAABE 41st Annual Bilingual Conference
The Bilingual Journey: Pasado, presente, y futuro!
February 21, 2020
Norris Conference Center